1938 - Supervisors award construction contract for jail at Wayside Farms in Castaic (later called Pitchess Detention Center) [ story]
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Friday, Sep 6, 2024
The National Weather Service, which early this week warned of the intense heat wave from San Luis Obispo County all the way down to San Diego County, has announced the excessive heat warning will last in the Santa Clarita Valley until 8 p.m. Monday.
Triple-digit temperatures have been seen in the SCV...
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Agua Dulce Winery is back on the market with a reduced price of $10,888,000. It is now listed with Mike Goldfarb, an agent affiliated with the Beverly Hills office of Coldwell Banker Realty. The property has been on and off the market for the past several years.
In August of 2023 the Santa Clarita Valley...
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reports that of the 40 rabid bats found in Los Angeles County in 2024, 16 of those rabid bats have been found in the Santa Clarita Valley. The latest cases of rabid bats found in the county include two bats found in September, both found in the SCV.
Rabid...
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Monday, Sep 2, 2024
Evidence of further turmoil at College of the Canyons continues with the resignation of Jerry De Felice, the chief development officer of the College of the Canyons Foundation.
De Felice, who started his job at the COC Foundation in March 2023, reportedly resigned from the COC Foundation, Thursday,...
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Thursday, Aug 29, 2024
Nancy Pollock Coulter, 80, the 2009 Santa Clarita Valley Woman of the Year, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, of a heart attack.
Coulter, a 56-year resident of the Santa Clarita Valley, was known for her tireless volunteer work with the American Cancer Society, Santa Clarita Unit for more than two decades, Henry...
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Wednesday, Aug 28, 2024
Ryan Theule, vice president of the College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus announced Tuesday, Aug. 27 that he leaving his position as head of the COC Canyon Country campus to take a position with his church.
The public information office of COC released the following statement from Theule who has...
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Sunday, Aug 25, 2024
The Governing Board of the Saugus Union School District approved Resolution 2024-2025 #15 in a special meeting held on Thursday, Aug. 1 ordering a school facilities bond measure be placed on the Nov. 5, 2024 ballot.
To provide the community with facts regarding SUSD school facilities presented during...
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Thursday, Aug 22, 2024
Former Canyon Country resident Robert Walter Weatherwax, a professional dog trainer for film and TV productions, including “Lassie,” died Thursday, Aug. 15 at a Veterans Affairs facility in Scranton, Pa.
Weatherwax, 83, was born June 4, 1941 in Burbank.
Robert Ruddell Weatherwax, the son...
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Tuesday, Aug 20, 2024
Author Claudia Donally will meet readers and sign “Emily’s Beach Day,” a new children’s book at The Open Book, in Canyon Country, from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24.
Donally was a featured author at the 2024 LA Times Festival of Books. She invites the public to join her at this...
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The Santa Clarita City Council held a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 19 to determine how to proceed in the Nov. 5 general election for the city council District 3 seat. The options were to appoint Jason Gibbs, the lone candidate who had filed for the seat, or to pay the cost for an election offering...
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